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Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold and Darkly Fun
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/22/2019
Liam Neeson has said that Cold Pursuit would be his last action movie. I don't see how that's possible when you can have as much fun as he has - whether in Taken or The Grey or Non-Stop or, yes, Cold Pursuit. This is a film that revels in its absurdity but doesn't shy away from violence. I mean, the main character is named Coxman, and yes, that name is the butt of jokes as the movie goes on.
Neeson is a humble snow plow driver, Nels Coxman, for a Denver resort city who has just been named "Citizen of the Year" for essentially keeping the roads clear and helping people in various ways. He's more the quiet type, so his speech is short but his wife Grace (Laura Dern in too small of a part) just wants him to be happy. That happiness is short-lived, however, when their son Kyle (Micheál …
